Struggling artist offloading two Teslas with electronic hoist (5)
I believe the answer is:
raise
'electronic hoist' is the definition.
'raise' can be an answer for 'hoist' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'electronic' bit.
'struggling artist offloading two teslas' is the wordplay.
'two teslas' can mean two replacements for 'teslas'.
'struggling' is an anagram indicator (the letters struggle or wriggle into a new form).
'offloading' suggests deleting specific letters.
'teslas' becomes 'TT' (scientific symbol for tesla written twice).
'teslas' becomes 'e' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'artist' with 'tt' taken away is 'aris'.
'aris' anagrammed gives 'rais'.
'rais'+'e'='RAISE'
'with' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for raise that I've seen before include "Make greater" , "Collect - increase in pay" , "Increase; elevate" , "Exalt" , "Amplify" .)